UTC ELS Ment” GATE MINING Previous Years Questions and Answers Keys (year wise) Subject- Mine System engineering Registration open for Gate Mining 2024 Online Classroom Programme LIVEY re eR VET Ey ri]CU ITIL Tate Reet ‘System Engg. PYQs Meee” Gate - 2021 1. A system consists of four components connected functionally in a parallel configuration. The reliability of the individual components is 0.40, 0.60, 0.50 and 0.40. The system reliability, is [round off to 3 decimal places} Ans. 0.918 to 0.938 2. A project network consists of the following activities Activity | Immediate predecessors | Duration (days) a = If the project completion time is 30 days, then the value of ‘x’, in days, is {in integer] Ans: 5 3. A cement company has three factories which transport cement to four distribution centres. The daily production of each factory, the demand at each distribution centre, and the associated transportation cost per tonne from factory to distribution centre are given in the Table, Distribution centre ‘Supply Ds (tonnes day) 600 100 1000 Fi FE Fe Demand (tonnes/day) CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke aUT OUTER EL The initial basic feasible solution using the least-cost rule is [in integer} Ans: 112000 Gate-2020 4. In a mine bench, the shovel loading time follows exponential distribution with a mean loading time of 5 min per dumper. The arrival rate of dumpers that are identical in capacity, follows Poisson distribution with a mean arrival rate of 8 per hour. ‘The probability that the shovel remains idle is (round off to 2 decimal places). Ans. 0.32 t0 0.34 5. A linear programming problem is stated below. Maximize Z = 3x1 + 5x2 Subjectto, 2x1 as 8 6x1 + 8x5 30 x1 X20 ‘The objective function has a. unbounded solution, b, unique solution . infinite number of solutions dsinfeasible solition ‘A surface mine production system along with the reliability of the individual components is shown below. The system reliability is (round off to 3 decimal places) Ans. 0.530 to 0.550 7. Anassigament problem is given below with the cost of assignment as shown, 2 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Reece eur Rey a : PAC Re iCU ITIL Tate Reet If only one task can be assigned to one group, the minimum cost of assignment is Ans. 18 Gate - 2019 8. Inproject planning, the activity durations are calculated by PERT and CPM techniques assuming a. PERT: probabilistic, CPM: deterministic b, PERT: probabilistic, CP . PERT: deterministic, CPM: probabilistic 4d. PERT: deterministic, CPM: deterministic If the time to failure of 9 machine component is exponentially distributed, the reliability of the same at Mean Time to Failure (MTTF). (rounded off to three decimal places), ‘Ans: 0.380 to 0.375 10. Inthe linear programming problem, Maximize Z = 48%, + 36%: Subject to: MSS % <8 oxy, 3 Xi +%=10 X24, and % 20% 20 The value of Zis ‘Ans: 408 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke iUT OUTER EL For a mining company the unit transportation cost from a mine to washery, and supply and demand are shown below: Washery The total cost of transportation using the Vogel's approximation method is ‘Ans: Rs. 37200 Gate - 2018 12. The inventory pattern shown does NOT represent the following. (A) Inventory is replenished instantaneously (B) Demand decreases with time (C) Shortage is not permitted (D) Demand is uniform Ans. B CEE eI ELEL LLC) Reece eur Rey a : PAC Re iCU ITIL Tate Reet 13. The operational status of an HEMM in a shift is shown in the diagram. The availability of the machine in 9% is Ans, 56 to 56.5 14. the figure depicts a transportation problem along with the solution. The correct statement is ba 2 [=] [ze] sa as [as] [s J s2 as io 20 A. Unbalanced problem, optimal solution 8. Unbalanced problem, suboptimal solution €. balanced problem, optimal solution ©. Balanced problem, sub optimal solution The feasible region of a linear programming problem is shown in the figure. The maximum. value of the objective function 2 = 4X + 3Y Is Ans, 74 to 74 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke aUT OUTER EL Gate — 2017 16. Ina PERT network the time estimates of an activity are the following: optimistic time- 2 days, most likely time ~ 4 days and pessimistic time — 12 days. The expected time and standard deviation of the activity in days are respectively A.6 and 2.78 B.Sand 166 C.6and1.66 D.5and2.78 Ans. 8 17. Consider the following linear programming problem: Maximize = 6X+10¥ Subjectto x<4 The maximum value of the objective function is Ans. 71 To 73 18. A mining company having three mines/A, 8 and Csupplies coal to three power plants P,Q and R located clase to the mines. The daily production capacities of three mines in tones are 700, 1200 and 1100 respectively. The daily requirements at power plants in tones are 1000, 1000 and 1000 Fespectively. The transportation costs in rupees per tones are given below in matrix below: Power plant CEE eI ELEL LLC) Reece eur Rey a : PAC Re iUT OUTER EL ‘The total cost of coal transportation in rupees from three mines to three power using the least cost method is Ans. 65000 To 67000 19. The series parallel configuration of a system, consisting of 6 independent components A, 8, C, D, E and F with their individual reliability , is shown in the figure The reliability of the system is Ans. 0.96 To 0.97 Gate - 2016 20, For the critical path network shown, the slack for the activity *b’, in months, is Ans: b Gate - 2015 21. The failure data an equipment follows an exponential distribution. If the mean time between failures is 3000 hours, the reliability of the equipment for 750 hours is Ans. 0.75 to 0.81, 7 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Reece eur Rey a : PAC Re aUT OUTER EL Given the following linear programming problem, Maximize at 4x Subjectto an +x <6 2x: +3059 x 20,%20 The corner point feasible solution in terms of (xs, x2) is a.(15,0) —b,(1.25, 1.5) ¢. (0.5, 1.0) d. (2.25, 1.5) Ans. d The assignment problem given requires four different jobs to be done on four different machines. Machine Mi | Me | Ms bh 27_| 35 | 36 be 33_| 37 | 36 J 30 [426 |) 28 Je 3a] 29 [435 The minimum cost of assignment is Ans, 116 Gate — 2014 24. In a PERT network, the activities on the critical path are a, b and c. The standard deviations of the durations of these activities are 2, 2 and 1 respectively. The variance of the project duration is (A)3 (BS (C)9 (0) 12 Ans: ¢ 25. The failure and the repair rates of a shovel are 0.06 hr“ and 0.04 hr“ respectively. The availability of the shovel in percentage is Ans: 40 to 40 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Reece eur Rey a : PAC Re aCU ITIL Tate Reet The individual reliability values of four sub-systems are given in the figure below. The reliability of the system is. Ans: 0.50 to 0.55 Gate -2013 27, A simplex table shown below is generated during the maximization of a linear programming, problem using simplex method Variable xi x2 x3 xa Zz a o 1 0 x2 13 1 EYE 0 xa ° UE} o “2/3 1 After one iteration, the value of the objective function becomes a. 48/7 b. 1473 22/7 4.2/3 AnsiA Gate =2012 28. A system consists of four elements A, 8, Cand D which are connected functionally in.a parallel configuration. The individual reliability of the elements is 0.80, 0.82, 0.85 and 0.90 respectively. The reliability of the system is. a. 0.498 b. 0.602 ©.0.750 d.0.999 Ans. d ‘A mining company has three mines (M1, M2 and M3) that supply coal to three power plants (P1, P2 and P3). The three mines produce 900, 1000 and 1200 te of coal per day respectively. The power plant requirements from these mines are 1200, 1000 and 900 te per day respectively. The unit cost of transportation cost in Rs. is Power Plants P2 10 3 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke aCU ITIL Tate Reet Based on the initial basic feasible solution, using Vogel’s approximation method, the total transportation cost in Rs. is a. 31200 b. 31400 ©. 32800 4.40000 ‘Amining project is composed of five activities whose three time estimates in months are given below: Estimated duration (months) ‘Activity ‘Optimistic time Most likely time Permissible time T 7 2 5 The expected duration of the mining project in months is as a6 oie 439 Ans. ‘The standard deviation of the project length in month is a2 bs 6 a9 Ans. b 2011 ‘The time study data of an equipment deployed in a mine during a calendar month is given below. Total working hours = 400 ‘Total maintenance hours = 100 Total hours of actual work = 240 The percentage of utilization of the equipment is 3.85 b. 80 ©. 65 d.60 10 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke iCU ITIL Tate Reet A sudden increase of CO incidence has occurred in an underground mine section. A man at point A starts to run out to the main intake of the mine where he will be safe. Refer figure below for the mine section and the logic diagram. The probabilities that he will successfully cross the probability that he will successfully reach the main intake is. oh, Hf Hee 2.0.40 Ans: € Gate - 2010 34, The variance of failure time (time to failure) of an electric motor in shovel {5 1600 hr. If the failure time follows anexponential distribution, the expected failure time in-hris a. 40) b.80 © 800 1600) ‘The queue of trucks at a crusher plant hopper is known to be M/M/1 queue. The probability that there is no truck to, unload is 0.3. Due to rains the mean service time at the hopper is increased by 30%. As a consequence, the expected number of trucks in the queuing system {including the one possibly unloading) become a.10 b.12 44 16 The feasibility region of an LP problem in variable x and y is given by the following constraints, in addition to the non-negativity constraints. ¥ $60; x <90; x+y <70. The number of corner point feasible solutions for this problem are ba 65 a6 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke aCU ITIL Tate Reet ‘The unit cost matrix of a balanced transportation problem is shown below Destinat oD D> Ds Supply ‘The transportation cost of the initial basic feasible solution obtained by the North — West rule is a. 1025 b. 1075 ©1130 4.1226 Ans. ¢ Aproject network comprise five activities as shown below. The activity durations, in days, are as indicated, Crashing of any activity costs Rs. 1000 per day..f the project is crashed to the shortest possible duration. The total crashing costs in Rupees is 10 13000 . 12000 Gate - 2009 39. A balanced transportation problem is characterized by a. total supply exceeds total demand b. total demand exceeds total supply ¢. total demand is equal to total supply d. total supply is either equal to or more than total demand 12 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke iCU ITIL Tate Reet 40. In the context of project management techniques the TRUE statement is a. CPM is stochastic and PERT is deterministic b. CPM is deterministic and PERT is stochastic, ¢. Both CPM and PERT are deterministic d. Both CPM and PERT are stochastic 41. Consider the following linear programming problem: Maximize Subject to ax+2y 215 2x+3y <6 x20, 20 The above linear programming problem has a. unique optimal solittion b, multiple optimal solution ¢. unbounded solution d. infeasible solution 42. Amine workshop has 4 lathe machines and 4 tasks for completion. Each of the machines can perform each of the 4 tasks. Each task can be assigned to one and only one machine. Estimated cost in Rupees to complete each task is given in the matrix below. Machine MI M2 M3, Ma TI 61 92, 52 22. 2 42, 49, 69. 85 73 a7, 59. 80 a Ta 6S. 70. 68. 72 The total optimum cost in Rupees for assigning the tasks to the machines is 210 b. 215 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke aUT OUTER EL 220 d. 286 ‘There are 50 lemon trees in a reclaimed mine area, Each tree produces 800 lemons per year. For each additional tree planted in this area, considering all trees, the output number of fruits per tree drops by 10 lemons in a year. The number of trees that to be added to the existing reclaimed area in order to maximize the total number of lemons in the year is io (B) 15 © 16 (D) 26 Common Dat for questions 44 and 45: Workmen arrive at a mine workshop to receive tools for maintenance. The inter-arrival time of workmen at the service counter is exponentially distributed with an average time of 10 min. The service time at the counter is also distributed exponentially with a mean time of 6 min, 44, Probability that there is a queue (more than one workman) at the service counter is ayo2s (B) 0.36 «0.40 (00.60 45. Average time spent by a workman waiting for his turn to be served in min is ws (B12 eis (18 Gate — 2008 46. _ In PERT network, the activity duration is assumed to follow a. Beta distribution b. Binomial distribution c. Normal distribution d. Weilbull distribution Ans. a For an LP problem, identity the INCORRECT statement a. Optimal points lies in one of the corner points b. Objective function is linear c. All the constraints are linear d. Optimal point lies in any of the interior points of the feasible region Ans.d 14 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Reece eur Rey a : PAC Re i48. UT OUTER EL ‘A mining project comprising of A, B and C activities is scheduled for 90 days at cost of Rs 1200 million. The manager of project decides to reduce the time for completion of the project to 85 days, The decision was taken after 45 days. Duration (days) Crashing cost/day (million rupees) The minimum project cost in million rupees after crashing by 5 days is- a. 1100 b. 1300 1475 d. 1825 The feasible region of an LP problem is shown as given below. The maximum value of the objective function Z = 1600x: + 1200x2 is 033) fo ef es, (00) (29) a. 20400 b.20000 —_c. 19200 d. 16800 A system of two identical mine pumps connected in series has reliability 0.49, pump were to be connected in parallel, the system reliability would be a. 0.21 b.0.6 ©.0.91 4.0.95 15 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke aCU ITIL Tate Reet ‘Statement for linked answer questions 51 and 52: Unit cost matrix of a transportation problem is given below in certain monetary uni Destination 2 2 Source 5 a 25 Demand The total cost of transportation based on the initial feasible solution obtained by the North-West corner rule is a. 250 b. 290 ©.330 d. 360 The optimal solution for the transportation problem has allocation as shown below; Destination 2 15) 10 25 Demand When compared to initial basic feasible solution from the above, the optimal allocation results in savings of ©. 30 d. 40 : The maintenance cost of the truck is RS. 10 per hour. To minimize the cost per km, the truck speed in km/hour is, as b.20 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke aUT OUTER EL The time between successive failure (in hours) of a side discharge loader operating in a mechanized underground coal mine are as follow 62, 58, 54, 52, 60, 58, 57, 50, 53 If the failure data follows an exponential distribution, then reliability of the equipment for a period of 50 hours s a.0.25 b. 0.40 ©.0.60 d. 1.00 Three jobs A,B and C are to be assigned to three machines X,Y and Z. The proccing costs are given below Machine Y 28 17 15 The minimum cost of assigning the jobs to the machine is a. 60 b.54 oS 4.49 Consider the following linear programming problem: Maximize Z = 6 X1+4X> Subject to 2x1 <8 2x2 12 3X1 + 2X. S18 X20, %2 0 The multiple optimal solutions lie on the line joining the corner points a. (0, 0), (0, 6) b. (0, 6), (2, 6) ¢. (2, 6), (4, 3) d. (4, 3), (4, 0) 17 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke bordUT OUTER EL 57. Match the following Problem: Technique P. Queueing 1. Time series models Q Project scheduling and 2. Linear programming monitoring models R. Transportation 3. Waiting line models S. Forecasting of production 4. PERT and CPM a. P-3,Q-4,R-2,S-1 b,P-2,Q-3,R-4,S-1 ¢.P-3,Q-4,R1,5-2 d.P-2,Q-4,R3,S-1 Gate ~ 2000 58. The feasible region of an LP problem in two variables is defined by Xi $4.5, Xe $3.7, and Xi +X. = 7.0 along withthe non-negativity constraints. The number of Corner feasibility points are a2 b.3 ea) as In the project network shown activity durations are given in months. if one activity can be crashed to expedite the project, which one would you crash and by how many months? CEE eI ELEL LLC) Reece eur Rey a : PAC Re aCU ITIL Tate Reet The cost table of an assignment problem is as shown. Optimal assignment would result In the cost units of Coal face 2 10 30 20 25 a.40 b. 4s ©. 60 4.75 In a surface mine trucks arrive at a shovel in a Poisson process with a mean arrival rate of 9.6 trucks per hour. The shovel service time Is exponentially distributed with a mean of 4.4 min, if there is no limit on the number of trucks that can wait, determine the expected (i) number of trucks in the queue System (ii) number of trucks waiting forthe service (iii) truck waiting time for service (iv) truck waiting time in the service The feasible region of a linear programming problem is a. concave b. convex ¢. both concave and convex _d. none of the above The three time estimates of PERT network are assumed to follow a. exponential distribution b. normal distribution c. beta ution d. gamma distribution “Work study” is a generic term used for conducting a. method study b. time study cc. work measurement d. method study and work measurement 19 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Ieee eR Ola] a : : Poo aon eke aUT OUTER EL 65. Consider the following linear programming problem maximize Z = 4X1 + 6X Subject to the constraints asa 2X2 < 12 3X. + 2X2 < 18, and %: =O and X2=0 The corner point feasible solutions are (0, 0), (0, 6), (2, 6) and (4, 0). The optimal value of Zis a.34 b. 36 44 d. 50 A vertical shaft for a mine is being sunk to a depth of 300m. The finished diameter is 6 m and the thickness of concrete lining is 30 cms. The volume of concrete required for the construction of the lining is a. 1293 m> b. 1442 m? ¢.1538m3—d. 1780 m3 Gate — 1998 68. Inja PERT network the critical path is a. the path having longest time b, the path having shortest time c. the path having no dummy d. none of the above 69. In. a waiting line situation with Poisson’s arrival (mean A) and exponenti: (mean 4) the probability that service facility is idle is a b.1—4 ma 70. The necessary condition for use of poisson’s distribution is a. probability of one arrival per time interval is constant b. number of arrivals in any one time interval is independent of arrivals in other intervals ¢. probability of two or more arrivals in the same time interval is zero d_all of these 20 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Reece eur Rey a : PAC Re bordCU ITIL Tate Reet Gate - 1995 71, Which of the following is a necessary condition for use of a poisson dis- tribution (A) Probability of one arrival per second is constant (B) Number of arrivals in any one second-interval is independent of arrivals in other intervals (C) The probability of two or more arrivals in the same second is zero (D) All of these Maximise the value of R, when R= q? + 3qa + a2 subject to the constraint, q + a= 100 If the critical path of a project is 20 months long with a standard devia. tion of 4 months, the probability that the project will be completed within 20 months is (A) 0.84 ) 0.60 (C) 0.16 (D) 0.50 we Following information are available for a small project : Activity Predecessor Duration Cost Crash Crash Cost. (Hrs) (Rs)__Duration (Hrs) (Rs.) 8 80 6 100 7 40 4 94 12 100 5 184 9 70 5 102 BLC,D 6 50 6 30 Assuming linear cost relationship between cost and duration and overhead cost at Rs, 25.00 per hour find the optimum duration and the correspond- ing cost of the project. 21 CEE eI ELEL LLC) Reece eur Rey a : : ACU ey ad